Mandeville (Jamaica)
| Mandeville | |||
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 2 ′ N , 77 ° 30 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||
| county | Middlesex | ||
| Manchester | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | JM-12 | ||
| surface | 629 km² | ||
| Residents | 48,319 | ||
| density | 76.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1816 | ||
Mandeville is the capital of Manchester Parish , a district in County Middlesex in Jamaica . With an estimated 48,300 inhabitants (2010) it is Jamaica's fifth largest city.
The city is located on a plateau inland at 629 m, a good 100 km west of the capital Kingston . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville and the private Northern Caribbean University, founded in 1907 and operated by the Seventh-day Adventists .
history
Founded in 1816, the city was named after Viscount Mandeville, the eldest son of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester , who was governor of Jamaica at the time.
The city received a strong growth spurt in 1957 with the opening of the Kirkvine works near Williamsfield by the Alcan Bauxite Company . Mandeville benefited from the settlement of immigrant workers.
sons and daughters of the town
- Vere Johns (1893–1966), journalist, radio presenter and organizer
- Jacob Miller (1952–1980), reggae singer and Rastafarian fanatic
- Charmaine Crooks (* 1962), sprinter and middle distance runner
- Heavy D (1967–2011), rapper, actor and singer
- Christopher Williams (born 1972), sprinter
- Mark Boswell (* 1977), high jumper
- Rusheen McDonald (* 1992), sprinter
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Mandeville. Retrieved January 6, 2010 .